Dams

In short

Nandigram On March 18, 2007, the Calcutta High Court again adjourned the much-awaited hearing of the Nandigram case (see

Publication Date:

14/05/2007

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Land Resources, Dams, Fisheries, Endangered Species, Conflicts, Rehabilitation, High Court, West Bengal

Industry

The politics of inefficient irrigation technology

Call it is one of the unknown Indian ironies. Over many years, the Indian state, through its public irrigation agencies, has systematically taken over the management of surface water systems. It has

Publication Date:

14/03/2007

Author(s): Sunita Narain

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

15

Issue:

20070315

pp:

20

Tags:

Groundwater Recharge, Water Management, Water Conservation, Water Harvesting, Traditional Water Harvesting, Dams, Reservoirs, Irrigation, Surface Water Irrigation, Canal Irrigation, Groundwater Irrigation, Industry, Legislation, India

Forests

Dandeli mini hydro project rejected

The Union ministry for environment and forests has once again rejected forest clearance to the 18-MW Dandeli mini-hydel power project proposed by the Murdeshwar Power Corporation Ltd (MPCL) across

Publication Date:

30/01/2007

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Forests, Dams, Hydroelectricity, Wildlife, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Karnataka, Uttar Kannad

Industry

T he year 2006 will go down as environment's watershed year. This is not because this year we have had extraordinary success in environmental management; there was also no environmental disaster per se . This year must be remembered because the task of environmental management has come to be even more contested and even more challenged.

Publication Date:

14/01/2007

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

15

Issue:

20070115

pp:

0

Tags:

Forests, Mining, Industrial Pollution, Dams, Watershed Development, Environment Management

Industry

False claims?

local ngos have asked G Prakash, district collector of Tamil Nadu's Kanyakumari district, to explain his statement on the Koodankulam nuclear plant. The Tamil evening daily, Tamil Murasu, on October 10, 2006, quoted Prakash's denial of a plan to provide water to the Rs 13,000-crore project from the Pechipparai dam.

Publication Date:

29/11/2006

Author(s): R K Srinivasan

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Drought Prone Areas, Dams, Pechiparai, Nuclear Power, Water Supply, Tamil Nadu

Environment

Catchment Area Treatment Plan funds badly spent in Himachal

THE Himachal Pradesh government's attitude towards implementing the Catchment Area Treatment (cat) plan has been described as sluggish by environmentalists. The state government has also been accused

Publication Date:

14/10/2006

Author(s): VIKAS VASUDEVA

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Environment, Dams, Afforestation, Hydroelectricity, Nathpa Jhakri HP, Finance, Himachal Pradesh, Statistics

Industry

MUMBAI S GROWING THIRST

1892: Tansa phase I to supply 77 mld water to Mumbai
1915: Tansa phase II to increase the supply to 82 mld

1925: Height of Tansa dam raised to increase water supply to 150 mld

1948: Tansa phase IV adds 181 mld water to Mumbai

1948 to 1957: Modak Sagar dam built across Vaitarna river to supply 490 mld water

Publication Date:

14/06/2006

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Vaitarna, Dams, Tansa, Water Supply, Mumbai

Industry

Narmada, Bhopal are issues of democracy, fair deals

Over the past few days, Jantar Mantar has been the venue of two protests against two of worst tragedies Independent India has witnessed. On one side of the road were activists

Publication Date:

29/04/2006

Author(s): Sunita Narain

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

14

Issue:

20060430

pp:

23

Tags:

Dams, Narmada Valley Project, Rehabilitation, Bhopal Gas Disaster, Industry, Supreme Court, Governance, Politics, India

Wildlife

UPDATE

The Supreme Court (SC) and the National Wildlife Board will decide the fate of the Andhra Pradesh government's proposal on the Polavaram Dam Project. The state government had asked for permission to

Publication Date:

27/02/2006

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

14

Issue:

20060228

pp:

0

Tags:

Dams, Wildlife, Andhra Pradesh

Environment